Gonzaga is running a campaign called “Inspired Season” which is one of the most innovative and interactive marketing campaigns that I have seen.  Before you read any further, please go to www.inspiredseason.com and enter in your name and phone number to experience it for yourself (your information is kept private and is not used for [...]

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Congratulations to the Philadelphia Phillies on winning the 2008 World Series.  Even after all the extra weather-induced drama, the team closed out the series at home in front of all their crazy fans.  Philadelphia is going to be crazy tonight – hopefully the arrest count won’t be too terrible.  The championship merchandise sales will be through [...]

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Madison Square Garden is hosting a pretty interesting event on Tuesday, December 2 called “Night with the President”.  Scott O’Neil, the President of MSG Sports, is going to give a talk is the WaMu Theater on “breaking into and being successful in the sports industry” – a topic that he clearly knows quite well.  Scott [...]

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We all know that last night’s horrendous weather caused the suspension of Game Five of the World Series.  The potential impact of this is tremendous, with many business implications:

At the most basic level, the Rays get an extra inning or two of NOT facing Cole Hamels, who has been the most dominant pitcher this postseason.  There is a [...]

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One of our readers (Rob. S from New York) suggested the topic for today’s post.   Rob says:
“Since I am now a religious reader and commenter on your blog, I have something to contribute. I was driving on I-287 today and saw a NJ Devils sign advertising them as “Jersey’s Team”…the Devils are [New] Jersey’s only true [...]

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Here are my quick picks for this week:
Book: The Blind Side by Michael Lewis – This is another book that has been out for a while that I really enjoyed.  Michael Lewis gets a lot of recognition for writing Moneyball, and deservedly so.  But this follow-up about the evolution of the passing game in football [...]

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First, let me start by saying that my former classmate Brian came up with the idea I’m about to share (he said I could post it), and I think it’s brilliant.  The NFL is working on plans to extend the regular season by 1-2 games.  If they do add one game, Brian’s idea is for it to be [...]

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Buried in today’s news story about whether or not Brett Favre helped the Lions was a little tidbit that I have to comment on.  This quote is pulled from an article on ESPN.com (10/22/08):
“After the FoxSports.com report surfaced, Favre issued a denial via text message on Sunday, which was reported by Peter King on NBC.” 
Apparently, [...]

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A friend of mine just emailed me a link to the following video, courtesy of FanIQ.com:

I’ve watched this clip several times and cannot come up with a valid explanation as to why the official did what he did.  This clip has gained a lot of coverage in the media over the past two days, which [...]

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After many months, we have reached the 2008 MLB World Series.  Congratulation to the Tampa Bay Rays and the Philadelphia Phillies – clearly, there were the two teams that everyone expected to reach the series when the season started!  Regardless, now that they’ve made it, here are some of my World Series thoughts:

As I’ve mentioned once [...]

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